A vocabulary notebook for iPhone

Save new words with the sentence you found them in.

For new English words in books, on Kindle, on the web or at work. Share the sentence, tap the word, and Tuckleaf keeps both.

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concise

adjective

Brief, yet including all important information.

Your sentence

“Her emails are concise, but her novels are long and vivid.”

In Tuckleaf, the word you tap is saved with your sentence.A sample from the app. Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Every word you save, with its meaning and your sentence.

Look up any word. The full dictionary is on your iPhone, so it works offline.

Tuckleaf's Home screen: a search field, the words to practise, and recently saved words. Each word shows its meaning and the sentence it came from.
  • Share from Kindle, Books or Safari

    Share a passage, then tap the word.

  • Scan a printed page

    Point the camera, then tap the line.

  • Import your Kindle words

    Your lookups or highlights, from a file.

  • Type a word

    Hear it said, slowly too.

Your words come back to practise.

Swipe right if you remember, left if not yet. Know a word on 3 different days, and it is learned. After that, it returns about every two months.

No streaks. No points. No pressure.

A practice card for the word penumbra: its meaning, a sentence from Far from the Madding Crowd, and two buttons, Not yet and I remember.

Idioms, word pairs and grammar too.

One of each is on Home every day.

  • 100well-known idiomsbreak the ice — make people feel relaxed when they first meet
  • 215word pairs people mix upaffect or effect? — affect is usually the action; effect is usually the result
  • 16grammar steps, and 98 topics to look upsince, for, ago — which one goes with your sentence
  • 30everyday situations, for work and conversationIntroducing yourself at work — what to say, from plain to formal
The word pair page for lambent or glowing: an example sentence for each word and the difference in one line.
Word pairs: two words people mix up, and the difference.

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  • Look up any word, offline
  • Save your first 25 words
  • Practise and export every word you save
  • All 16 grammar steps
  • 10 idioms, 10 word pairs, 10 everyday phrases and 3 situations
  • A new idiom, word pair, grammar topic and everyday phrase each day

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  • Save as many words as you like
  • All 100 idioms and all 215 word pairs
  • All 98 grammar topics
  • All 30 everyday situations

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Questions

Does it work with Kindle?

Yes. In the Kindle app, share a passage and tap the word. You can also import the words you looked up on a Kindle. Put the file on your iPhone, then choose Import from Kindle in Settings. On the free plan, imported words count toward your first 25.

Do I need the internet?

No. The dictionary is on your iPhone, with more than 200,000 words. You need the internet only to buy or restore Lifetime, and to translate into a new language the first time.

What happens to my words if I change my iPhone?

Your iPhone backup keeps them, like other app data. You can also export every word as a file at any time, free.

Is there an Android or iPad version?

Tuckleaf is made for iPhone, with iOS 26 or later. There is no Android or iPad version. The app is in English.

Do I need Apple Intelligence?

No. Everything works without it. On iPhones that have it, you get small extras, like a meaning said in plainer words.

Will it help me with IELTS or other exams?

It helps you keep and practise the words you meet. It has no exam word lists, and it does not promise a score.

More answers on the Support page.

Keep the next new word you find.

Coming soon to iPhone.

Free to download. Pay once to unlock more. No subscription.

Tuckleaf is made for iPhone.

There is no Android version. Know someone with an iPhone? Send them this page.